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Chelsea 1932
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1932
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Notifications.—The total number of notifications received was 106,
but 51 of these related to cases which had been previously notified, so
that the total number of new notifications was 115. In the previous
year, the corresponding number was also 115. The notifications received
on forms I. and II., i.e., notifications from institutions regarding admission
and discharge, are not included in the foregoing figures. In Table No42
are shown, in the form required by the Ministry of Health, the detailed
figures relating to new cases and mortality during the year. Included
in this Table are 23 new cases which came to the knowledge of the Medical
Officer of Health during the year, otherwise than by notification on Form
A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations.
TABLE No. 42.
Tuberculosis.
New Cases and Mortality during 1932.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Nonpulmonary. | Pulmonary | Nonpulmonary. | |||||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | |
| 0- 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | __ |
| — | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | |
| 5 -10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
| 10 -15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | _ | 3 | - | 1 | |
| 15 -20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | _ | 1 | |
| 20-25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | — | |
| 11 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | - | — | ||
| 35 -45 | 11 | 9 | — | 1 | 4 | _ | _ | — |
| 45 -55 | 17 | 8 | 1 | — | 8 | 6 | _ | 1 |
| 55 -65 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 56 and upwards | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Totals | 61 | 53 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 5 |
The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis in Chelsea was 0.92
per 1.000 Of the total number of deaths (55) from all forms of Tuber-
culosis, two died non-notified or prior to notification. The ratio of
non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was therefore
as one is to twenty-seven. The corresponding ratio for 1931 was 1 : 9.
Making allowance for difficult and doubtful cases in which a diagnosis
Cannot be established until after death, the notification of tuberculosis
is Carried out efficiently in the Borough.
Cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough.—The Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1930, provide that the Medical Officer of Health
Shall furnish to the County Medical Officer, as soon as practicable after
the end of each quarter, a statement compiled from the register of notifications
showing
(a•) The number of cases of Tuberculosis on the Register at the
commencement of the quarter ;